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HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY: NEW PICTURE BOOKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, YA, AND NONFICTION

By Megan Ciskowski, Assistant Publicist Check out March new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Blake Hoena

Graphic novels are some of the most popular stories for young readers, and graphic nonfiction is no exception. Today we visit the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction with author Blake Hoena. His most recent graphic novel series, Athletes Who Made a Difference, follows four legendary sports heroes from their early years to pro careers. Through grit, […]Read more

Garfield’s Guide to Creating Your Own Comic Strip

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor Calling all Garfield fans—and all fans of comics in general! Lerner and Paws, Inc. (the company behind everyone’s favorite orange feline) have published an exciting new book about comic strips and the elements that go into them, from characters and settings to plots and punchlines. […]Read more

Flying Your Way this August: The Epic Origin of Super Potato

By Greg Hunter, Associate Editorial Director, Graphic Universe The history of superhero comics is full of stories that tease—or even appear to implement—drastic changes to a character’s status quo. The goofiest versions of these stories took place during the 1950s and 1960s. During those times, comic book heroes would routinely transform into turtles or werewolves. […]Read more

Breaking the Rules with Graphic Novels

By Greg Hunter, Editor Graphic novels are a great storytelling form for rule breakers. That’s not me encouraging anybody out there to get in trouble. What I mean is that each story tends to follow certain conventions, and it might have a subset of rules specific to the book too. And that’s a good thing—graphic […]Read more

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